Selena Gomez loves like a love song at Rexall Place
From “Who the fleck is Selena Gomez?” to a sold-out Rexall Place on Sunday, it’s been a fast ride to superstardom for Justin Bieber’s girlfriend. At this rate, Justin Bieber will soon be known as “Selena Gomez’s boyfriend.” And let’s not even discuss the inevitable duet tour or the Biebelena Theme Park in Florida, opening […]
USS, Death from Above in Jingle Bell Rock doubleheader at the EEC
Stop it already with the holiday creep! It’s not even Halloween and we’re already thinking about Christmas. The signs are inevitable – and one is the announcement of the annual Jingle Bell Rock event for charity. This year’s bash for a good cause is a doubleheader. The first show features Toronto’s dance-rock outfit Death from […]
GIGGLE CITY: Lorne Elliott goes madly on in all directions
The combination of the words “CBC” and “comedy” does not always elicit respect in stand-up comedy circles. Does Lorne Elliott care? He doesn’t appear to. One imagines that nothing fazes this guy. The smart and soft-spoken 58-year-old comic remains a popular draw even five years after his national CBC radio show “Madly Off In All […]
REVIEW: Bashir Lazhar a lot more than another ‘To Sir, With Love’
Hot off a successful summer that included the Edinburgh Fringe – where lead Michael Peng earned a nomination for Best Actor – and dates in Kiev and Antwerp, Wishbone Theatre’s production of Bashir Lazhar returned home for a short stint of shows at the Avenue Theatre that ended Oct. 16 Detailing the experiences of an […]
Disney’s Beauty and the Beast coming to the Jube in January
Can’t go to Broadway? Then Broadway – the Great White Way, Iowa on the Hudson, name your Broadway nickname – can come to you! The aptly named Broadway Across Canada will bring Disney’s Beauty and the Beast to the Jubilee Auditorium Jan. 3-8, 2012. The smash hit musical – aren’t they all – tells the […]
LitFest keeps it real life – or thereabouts
Do bad fiction authors get more respect than good non-fiction writers? Certainly not at Edmonton’s LitFest, Canada’s only literary festival dedicated exclusively to non-fiction, which runs from Oct. 12-23. Will Ferguson, who returns to LitFest and gives one of its opening presentations on Thursday, Oct. 13 at the St. Albert Public Library, says there’s historically […]
LIT: Thiessen nominated for GG award
One of Edmonton’s favourite playwright sons has been nominated for Canada’s top literary award for a third time. Vern Thiessen previously won the Governor General’s Literary Award in 2003 and was also nominated in 2007. Thiessen, a U of A drama grad and former instructor who splits time between Edmonton and New York, is best […]
EDMONTON RADIO: CJSR still ‘alternative’ after all these years
If you’re going to listen to one radio station you can’t stand to listen to all the time, why not let it be CJSR? You could do a lot worse. Because, friends, those lonely days where one single station could sustain you, be your constant friend and companion, where the only good music on the […]
Edmonton gamers proceed to bonus level, help sick kids
There’s some seriously positive karma in using video games to raise money for sick little kids. After all, video games generally come with an infinite number of lives … a nice thought, but unfortunately not a reality for youngsters, any more than for the rest of us. Local newspaper reporter and blogger Matthew Dykstra got […]
REVIEW: Zombies bring psychedelic ’60s back to life
Keyboard solos have become a lost art – as Rod Argent reminded everyone at the Zombies on Sunday night. The 66-year-old founding member of the British band pounded the keys like a lion, and made them roar like nobody’s business. With fellow founding lead singer Colin Blunstone and the support of a tight band, the […]
ANOTHER ROADSIDE ATTRACTION: Lots of pumpkins, frights at Prairie Gardens
Every kid gets the same idea at this time of year – let’s go to Prairie Gardens! And every parent has the same thought: Oy, vey, I thought we were done blowing all our dough on festivals. Please, please, please and OK, damn it, just one more. And so this Halloween-slash-Harvest theme park located just […]
